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The omnibus spending bill is probably the last major piece of legislation Congress will pass all year. It’s only March. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/22/2018 - 14:18Op-ed: Forget Cambridge Analytica. What about Facebook’s role in ethnic strife and genocide? (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/22/2018 - 11:58Op-ed: Stop freaking out about Cambridge Analytica. Targeted ads are great. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/22/2018 - 11:50Commentary -- One problem with regulating Facebook: The people doing the regulating would be Congress (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/22/2018 - 11:48Voters don’t like the way Trump and the media treat each other. But why? (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 03/21/2018 - 16:25Op-ed: A world without newspapers (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 03/21/2018 - 16:23Go ahead and #DeleteFacebook. But here’s the change we really need.
[Commentary] A storm dubbed #DeleteFacebook is brewing in techie communities, on Twitter and — irony alert — on Facebook. The idea is this time is different from all the other times the social network has violated our trust. There have been many calls to boycott Facebook for past indiscretions. If we want the result to be any different this time, we need to address the broader problem. Aside from a dramatic change of heart from founder Mark Zuckerberg, getting Facebook to reform what data it collects and how it uses it requires destabilizing its business.
How breaking news got panelized: On cable, journalists and pundits increasingly share space.
From early in its history, cable news found the panel format — featuring people from different perspectives and disciplines — to be a lively (and cost-efficient) way to deliver opinions on current events. The discussions can be enervating, enlightening or infuriating, depending on who is on which side of the food fight. But it’s often hard to tell the reporters from the opinion slingers, especially when the panels bleed into the delivery of the news itself. News reporters bristle when critics tar them as liberal or conservative.